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Age dependency ratio — Gambia

Age dependency ratio in the Gambia in 2025 — 75.2 per 100. Ranked 190 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.1%.

2025 75.2 per 100 −1.69% vs 2024
World rank 190of 217
Period maximum 100.6 per 1001997
Period minimum 75.2 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Gambia, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.6 per 1001962: 76.7 per 1001964: 77.8 per 1001966: 79.3 per 1001968: 80.3 per 1001970: 81 per 1001972: 81.7 per 1001974: 82.9 per 1001976: 85.6 per 1001978: 88.4 per 1001980: 91.4 per 1001982: 94.7 per 1001984: 97.4 per 1001986: 98 per 1001988: 98.4 per 1001990: 98.8 per 1001992: 99 per 1001994: 99.6 per 1001996: 100.5 per 1001998: 100.4 per 1002000: 99.4 per 1002002: 97.8 per 1002004: 95.8 per 1002006: 93.5 per 1002008: 91.3 per 1002010: 89.2 per 1002012: 87.8 per 1002014: 86.5 per 1002016: 85 per 1002018: 83.3 per 1002020: 81.2 per 1002022: 78.8 per 1002024: 76.4 per 1002025: 75.2 per 100
Change over the period: −2.4 (−3.11%) Average annual rate: -0.05 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 75.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 75.2 −1.3 −1.69%
2024 76.4 −1.2 −1.54%
2023 77.6 −1.2 −1.47%
2022 78.8 −1.2 −1.49%
2021 80 −1.2 −1.47%
2020 81.2 −1.1 −1.32%
2019 82.3 −1 −1.19%
2018 83.3 −0.9 −1.09%
2017 84.2 −0.8 −0.96%
2016 85 −0.8 −0.88%
2015 85.8 −0.7 −0.84%
2014 86.5 −0.7 −0.79%
2013 87.2 −0.6 −0.69%
2012 87.8 −0.6 −0.73%
2011 88.4 −0.8 −0.91%
2010 89.2 −1 −1.09%
2009 90.2 −1.1 −1.19%
2008 91.3 −1.1 −1.2%
2007 92.4 −1.1 −1.19%
2006 93.5 −1.1 −1.19%
2005 94.7 −1.1 −1.16%
2004 95.8 −1.1 −1.09%
2003 96.8 −1 −1%
2002 97.8 −0.9 −0.89%
2001 98.7 −0.7 −0.75%
2000 99.4 −0.6 −0.6%
1999 100 −0.4 −0.39%
1998 100.4 −0.2 −0.15%
1997 100.6 +0.1 +0.09%
1996 100.5 +0.4 +0.35%
1995 100.1 +0.5 +0.55%
1994 99.6 +0.4 +0.38%
1993 99.2 +0.1 +0.14%
1992 99 +0.1 +0.12%
1991 98.9 +0.1 +0.13%
1990 98.8 +0.2 +0.18%
1989 98.6 +0.2 +0.19%
1988 98.4 +0.2 +0.22%
1987 98.2 +0.3 +0.26%
1986 98 +0.3 +0.3%
1985 97.7 +0.3 +0.33%
1984 97.4 +1 +1.05%
1983 96.3 +1.7 +1.75%
1982 94.7 +1.6 +1.75%
1981 93 +1.6 +1.76%
1980 91.4 +1.5 +1.69%
1979 89.9 +1.5 +1.67%
1978 88.4 +1.4 +1.65%
1977 87 +1.4 +1.64%
1976 85.6 +1.4 +1.61%
1975 84.2 +1.3 +1.6%
1974 82.9 +0.8 +1.03%
1973 82.1 +0.4 +0.45%
1972 81.7 +0.4 +0.45%
1971 81.3 +0.3 +0.43%
1970 81 +0.3 +0.43%
1969 80.6 +0.4 +0.48%
1968 80.3 +0.4 +0.54%
1967 79.8 +0.5 +0.66%
1966 79.3 +0.6 +0.82%
1965 78.7 +0.9 +1.13%
1964 77.8 +0.8 +1.07%
1963 77 +0.2 +0.31%
1962 76.7 −0.3 −0.38%
1961 77 −0.6 −0.71%
1960 77.6 — —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 46.7 GH Ghana 64.5 SL Sierra Leone 69.3 SN Senegal 70.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 71.1 LR Liberia 73.7 GM Gambia 75.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 75.8 NG Nigeria 77.3 BF Burkina Faso 78.1 TG Togo 78.3 GN Guinea 78.6 BJ Benin 79.9 MR Mauritania 83.9 ML Mali 92.9 NE Niger 95.5
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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Other indicators for the Gambia

Demography Population aged 15–64

How many people of working age a country has by the international definition.

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The share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.

Gambia by year Demography Share of population under 15

The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

Gambia by year Labor Labor force

The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

Gambia by year
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